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PASTE THIS INSIDE THE DOOR OF YOVR MEDICINE CABINET GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR GIVING FIRST AID DO NOT CIVE KEEP THE INJURED PERSON LYINC DOWN CONTROL BLEEDINC BY PRESSING ON LIQUIDS TO THE UNCONSCIOUS RESTART BREATHING WITH MOUTH-TO-MOUTH ARTIFICIAL THE WOUND KEEP BROKEN BONES DILUTE SWALLOWED POISONS RESPIRATION J COVER BURNS WITH THICK LAYERS OF FROM MOVING KEEP HEART-ATTACK CASES QUIET CLOTH COVER EYE INJURIES WITH FAINTING; KEEP HEAD LOWER THAN HEART- GAUZE PAD ALWAYS CALL A DOCTOR Inside an Accident Accident is a word applied to the culmination of a series of events which result in harm to an in dividual or damage to property. The most im portant element that accident pre vention programs must seek to erad icate is the unsafe act itself. Accident pre vention indoctri nation must be di rected not only to ward self preser vation, but also to ward the protec tion of others. All of us live in an environment which is potential ly dangerous, even lethal, depending upon circumstances, some of which are subject to our own control and some of which are subject to the control of others. There is no such thing as a "safe" environment. There can only be "safer" environments. There is no such thing as a "safe" person. However, persons who have been motivated, trained, and condi tioned to behave safely are much "safer" individuals than persons not so moti vated, trained and conditioned. No matter how thoroughly an en vironment has been screened for accident-causing potentials, an unsafe person may have an accident or may cause an accident to happen under given circumstance s. A simple truth must be implalited in every mind. Accidents don't happen; they are caused. They are caused by what people do, or by what they do not do. Acceptance of this truth means that one must admit that since human action can be modified, accidents with rare exceptions are preventable occurrences and that the same resources mobilized to combat heart disease, cancer and mental illness should be committed in much larger amount for the prevention of accidents. --Albert L. Chapman, M.D. U. S. Dept, of Health, Education & Welfare 14 -
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